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Catalog/Circinus/HIP 79046

HIP 79046

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HIP 79046 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 79046: right ascension 16h 8m 5s, declination −58° 58′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Circinus constellation (IAU figure Cir).

HIP 79046. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 79046, HD 144263, Gaia DR3 5834741285332658048. In the SkyKeepsake Circinus (Cir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 79046
Right ascension
16h 08m 05s
Declination
−58° 58′ 15″
Magnitude
6.68
Distance
≈ 512 ly
Data: gaia-dr3